Senior Architect, Guidewire
Data Analytics/AI-Machine Learning
$180-210k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
Back-end software for P&C insurance
Open for applications
Back-end software for P&C insurance
1001+ employees
Open for applications
$180-210k
Office located in San Mateo, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To constantly improve, so insurance companies can successfully respond to customer needs in a world where technology and risk are changing dramatically.
Role
Who you are
- You have deep expertise building scalable data analytics and machine learning architectures and deploying them seamlessly in Cloud-native environments
- You have a natural curiosity for solving immense technical challenges, among them quantifying the ever-growing threat posed by cyber criminals to the world economy and institutions
- BS or MS degree (Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, Statistics or related field)
- 5+ years of required work experience with proven track record architecting and delivering scalable data analytics products and solutions
- Extensive experience working on a public cloud-like AWS and its associated tech stack (e.g. EC2, Kubernetes(EKS), ECS, EMR, S3, SageMaker, Redshift, Athena, Airflow, etc.)
- Ability to design large scale distributed Big Data processing systems using technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Kafka, etc. and open data formats such as Apache Hudi, Iceberg, Parquet, etc.
- Excellent software design and development skills using languages such as Python, Java, Scala, etc
- Experience with microservices architecture patterns and container technologies such as Docker and Kubernetes
- Hands-on knowledge of cyber-security concepts in operating systems, cross-platform systems, software, network protocols and Cloud infrastructure
- Solid understanding of CI/CD and DevOps and experience with meeting operational SLAs
- Collaborative leadership style and ability to earn the respect of a talented engineering team
- Excellent verbal and written communications skills
Desirable
- Experience in InsurTech, FinTech, and/or P&C domain knowledge
- Experience with data science and machine learning techniques, and operationalizing analytic models (MLOps)
- Experience or sound understanding of GenAI LLM models, frameworks, and tools
What the job involves
- Design and develop a scalable Cloud-native data analytics platform and solutions
- Own architecture and provide technical leadership to multiple teams and mentor junior engineers on standards and best practices
- Hands-on coding > 30% of the time
- Assess, benchmark and select data analytics technologies
- Own and enforce well-architecture principles such as operational efficiency, scalability, availability, performance, cost and data security
- Identify areas of architectural risk and work with other engineering teams to address them
- Collaborate with stakeholders including product managers, data scientists and insurance domain experts to define requirements and design solutions. To be successful you must drive consensus and balance the needs of many different constituencies
- Represent our technical strategy and architecture with prospective customers during sales visits (typically CIOs and Heads of IT)
Our take
Insurance is an age-old industry rooted in ancient technology. Despite the substantial power and revenue of these companies, their backend systems have become outdated, leading to rising relative costs. The challenge of modernizing such entrenched systems has been a significant hurdle for many insurers.
Guidewire is at the forefront of transforming Property and Casualty insurance by offering cutting-edge software solutions delivered via the cloud. The company is dedicated to evolving its offerings through close collaboration with its extensive customer base. This intimate engagement helps Guideire refine and enhance its cloud solutions to better meet the needs of it sclients.
Despite its successes in facilitating the cloud transition, the future may see the emergence of insurance providers built on entirely different infrastructures. Guidewire's ability to adapt and leverage its expertise and adapt will be crucial for maintaining its role as a leading technology provider.
Steph
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
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Company
Funding (2 rounds)
Mar 2008
$0.8m
SERIES C
Sep 2007
$24m
SERIES C
Total funding: $24.8m
Company values
- Integrity: We build and maintain honest, candid, and caring relationships with clients, potential customers, partners, investors, and of course, each other!
- Rationality: All we do is supported by factual evidence—whether it’s building awesome products, making decisions, or communicating with each other
- Collegiality: We’re in it together—so we’re all equal. We work in professional harmony, with respect, without arrogance, and as part of a structure where responsibility is shared and owned by all of us
Company HQ
South San Mateo, San Mateo, CA
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Leadership
Mike Rosenbaum
(CEO, not founder)Prior to Guidewire, they led Product Management and Go-To-Market Strategy for core CRM products at Salesforce and served in the US Navy as a Submarine Officer.
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